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Originally Posted by Al-n-Sue
Am I missing something particular to the TM?
Alan
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Nope - a scissors jack will work just fine. All that is needed is something that can slip under the frame rail, and LIFT. I've always used bottle jacks because I don't have a decent scissors jack, and IMO a bottle jack is easy to carry (my TV has a little cubby that just fits it) and pumping it is so much easier than cranking the scissors jack, especially if I have to do the job in two lifts. (Of course, if you have a scissors jack with an 18-20" lift, that will never happen.) But that's just personal preference - I hate cranking the scissors jacks on the TM, too.
If you can avoid carrying a second jack, that is a nice thing - they're heavy. Naturally, you have to make sure that the jack is readily at hand. My first time out, I had the jack stored under the TV floor, and had to unload 500 pounds of stuff onto the road in order to get at it.
Someone on this board found a really nice little floor jack that looks perfect. As I recall, there was a picture as well.
Bill